Program Plan - National Aging Aircraft Research Program [1991]

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Technical Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Airplanes
  • Corrosion
  • Maintenance
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/CT-88/32-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Program Plan
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Description:
  The inevitable effects of aircraft aging are progressive increases in the probability of damage from fatigue and corrosion. The continued safe operation of the United States commercial fleet will depend on the ability to anticipate required adjustments in the inspection and maintenance activities to compensate for the "aging" process. Increasing numbers of aircraft are exceeding their economic design life--the age at which they have historically been retired from major airline service. Presumably, commercial aircraft are designed for "infinite life with proper maintenance." But public confidence in operators' abilities to properly maintain older aircraft significantly diminished following the Widely publicized failure of the Aloha Airlines 737 fuselage in 1988.
• Content Notes:
  Revision of DOT/FAA/CT-88/32 printed in August 1989 and May 1989.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/93052/dot_93052_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.88 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
• Main Document Checksum:
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